RPM

Now more than ever Linux seems to be gaining more acceptance in the desktop market - despite the fact that it is much more difficult to get a "boxed" edition of any Linux distribution than it use to be - at least here in southern Ontario, Canada.

The increase in desktop usage is probably a combination of the fantastic work of developers who have put a lot into making Linux very robust as a desktop Operating System (OS) and the fact that people are tiring of not being able to control more of their operating system.

A few articles back I talked a bit about the basics of installing and upgrading a package using rpm, the Red Hat Package Manager. This article covers some rpm tips and tricks that might come in handy when you're trying to find out more information about software installed on your system.

To begin with, open a x-terminal and type:

rpm -qa